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Rocket LabElectronRocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Owl The Way Up (StriX Launch 6)
Launched
December 21, 2024 · 14:17 UTC
Summary
Owl The Way Up (StriX Launch 6) launched on a Rocket Lab Electron from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand on December 21, 2024 at 14:17 UTC. The launch window ran from 14:00 to 15:15 UTC. It was Rocket Lab's 58th launch, 16th this year and humanity's 6,842nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 58th Electron flight and the 16th this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). StriX-2, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 562 × 588 km orbit inclined 97.6°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- Rocket Lab - 'Owl The Way Up' LaunchRocket Lab
- SCRUB | Rocket Lab - 'Owl The Way Up' LaunchRocket Lab
- Vehicle
- Electron · Rocket Lab
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)for Synspective
- Milestone
- 58th Electron flight · 16th this yearRocket Lab's 58th launch16th this yearhumanity's 6,842nd orbital launch attempt253rd orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
StriX-2 · NORAD 62406 · 2024-248 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-249A
- Epoch
- 2024-12-21 18:33:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.99647067 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0018917
- Inclination
- 97.5563°
- Ascending node
- 310.4356°
- Arg. of perigee
- 11.7657°
- Mean anomaly
- 74.5192°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 2
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: SSO.
Flight timeline
- T−2MStartup
- T−2SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+55SSupersonic
- T+1M6SMax-Q
- T+2M25SMECO
- T+2M28SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M32SSES
- T+3M7SFairing Separation
- T+6M33SBattery Hotswap
- T+9MSECO
- T+9M4SKick Stage Separation
- T+51M6SKick Stage Ignition
- T+53M31SKick Stage Cut-off
- T+54M22SPayload Separation
Catalogued objects
3 catalogued: 1 payload, 2 rocket stages; 2 still in orbit
- StriX-2 · NORAD 62406 · in orbit
Electron 58 Kick Stage · in orbit
Electron 58 Stage 2 · re-entered December 29, 2024
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Synthetic aperture radar satellites for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.
Pad
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
25th launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, 12th this year · 52nd from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
Local pad time at liftoff: Dec 22, 3:17 AM GMT+13, at night
41 launches from this pad · 84 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
26 days after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New ZealandOpen in maps
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Spacecraft separation.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/21/2024 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/21/2024 · source
Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started
LL2 · 12/21/2024 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/21/2024 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/21/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/21/2024 · source
Scrubbed for the day.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/20/2024 · source
Official Webcast by Rocket Lab has started
LL2 · 12/20/2024 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/20/2024 · source
Questions
When did Owl The Way Up (StriX Launch 6) launch?
Owl The Way Up (StriX Launch 6) launched on December 21, 2024 at 14:17 UTC. The launch window ran from 14:00 to 15:15 UTC.
Where can I watch Owl The Way Up (StriX Launch 6)?
Coverage: Rocket Lab - 'Owl The Way Up' Launch; SCRUB | Rocket Lab - 'Owl The Way Up' Launch. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Owl The Way Up (StriX Launch 6)?
Electron, flown by Rocket Lab. Electron spec sheet
Where did Owl The Way Up (StriX Launch 6) launch from?
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand. Liftoff was Dec 22, 3:17 AM GMT+13 local time at the pad.
What orbit did Owl The Way Up (StriX Launch 6) reach?
StriX-2, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 562 × 588 km orbit inclined 97.6°.
How many satellites did Owl The Way Up (StriX Launch 6) launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).